Windshield for railway motor cars



July 6 1926. E. F. WEBER wmvsnmma FOR RAILWAY mowon CARS Filed Feb. 1,1926 28heets-Shet 1' E. F. WEBER WINDSHI-ELD FOR RAILWAY MOTOR CARS July6 1926.

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This invention relates to-Wind shields and ,particularly to wind shieldsdesigned primarily for use onrail'way motor cars. These motor cars areused by section hands, and it is desirable to protect thefp'er 7 sonoperating the,car,*as' much as possible,

froin the impact of the elements, by. the use vof a shield of onekind-or another, and

also to providea shield which will give to o relation to theotherpartsof the car.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the same,

partly broken away, the part ofthecar to which the shield is fastenedbeing shown in vertical section.

Figure 4: 1s a transverse, sectlonal View of one edge of the sh1eld,thesection belng the line it-At of Figure 3 taken in the horizontal planeindicated by Figuree is afs'ectional viewof a detail,

the section being taken in the horizontal ,plane indicated by th'edotted line 5; of

Figures is a sectional viewrshowing the bottom rod arrangement, the,section being taken in the vertical plane indicated by the dottedline 66of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a perspective View, enlarged,

of a modification. I

My invention is designed to be applied to the railway motorcar'illustrated as a whole,

in Figure 1, by the letter A; said car being provided with a raisedplatform or operatorsseat B, and, preferably, with a central,

V raised, hand-hold or rod C, extending longitudinally. of the seat, inthe median line of the car. My Wind shield is designated as a wholebythe letterD. t V Referring more, particularlyto Figures 2 to6,inclusive, it will be understood that the shield D is formed of afabric placed over the frame of metal, which comprises two side bars 1,1, a top rod 2, and a lower rod 3, these parts of the frame being heldtogether by boltsfl. V

The side rod 1 isjofconventional angle iron, as illustrated in Figured,and at its lower end is bentto' form a supporting and securing extensionarm 5.1- The rods 2 -and 3 "extend through suitable apertures n the sidebars, as clearly shown, and over the frame Isecure a suitable shield offabric, i such, for'exarnple, as the canvasfd'.

'Thelower end of thefabri-c (see FigQ-S) is folded around the rod .3 andsecured 'by a line of stitches: 7; the upper edge of the 1 fabric 6 isfolded andsecuredto the "upper 1 rod 2 by a line of 'stitches'8; 1 Theside edges [are Wrapped about the" sidebars 1 1, as clearly seenin'Figure 4E, and secured thereto by a line of stitches 9, 9; y

The frame may be fastened to the car in such position as will beconvenient for the operator. 'As herein-(shown, it'is secured a slightdistance in-rear of the front end of the seat B' byboltsrlO passingthroughyt-he; arm 5 [of the frame, and through the top ofthe seat. I,lVhere the car has a rod C, or p'artslthat vvould' otherwise interferewith the position- 7 ing of-the shield,"I find it convenientto slit thefabric 6 longitudinally and tolseivtov one slitted edge afl ap' l1, andto provide for fastening the flap to the other edge by snap hooksor'fasteners-1E2 of -familiar, con- "ve'ntional form;

I T he side 'rods l will bentto standat ran angle with respect to thesecuring harm 5, 0 that the shield ill-be inclined-rearfwa'rdl'yfi'Theside-rods -1 will; also be" of such length that when the frameis completed,-the upper'rod2 will not extend above 1 the seat B tosucha heightas to obscure the.

vision of anordinary sized operator who may sit on the'seat B, behindtheshield D.

7 From this itwill beobvious that the operator, sitting behind theshield,will be pro tected from the 'actionfloftlie elements by thefabric 6.and at the sametime will have a free and unobstructed view ofthe track.

I am aware that windv shields of various types have been used, but thesame have generally been provided with window glass or other transparentmaterial, which of itself more or less obscures the view of the 019-- Ierator, and which view is further obstructed when'drivin throughrain,snow or sand storms. It Wlll be observed tliatin my shield,

this does not occur and that the operator has an unobstructed vievvofthe track ahead.

By inclining the shieldslightly, rearwardly,

it is found that the impacting elements strike theshield' and moveoutwardly and upwardly a suflicient distance away from the edges of theshield'so as to leave thespace immediately in rear thereof comparativelyclear. In other words, rain, snow and airdo not impinge against-the headof the operator.

The modification shown in Fi ure '7 er mits of adjustment of the heightof the fabric scree n Da Thesidemembers 1 are provided with a pluralityof apertures at their upper ends, as shown. at 13, and'the top bolt 2may be inserted in any'of the apertures desired.' In this form, stitches8 are omitted and'the top of the fabric 6 secured by snaps and buttonsas indicated at 14;.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wind shield for railwaycmotor icars comprising two metallic sideframe members'secured together'at their ends bytop and bottom rods'andhaving their lower ends bent rearwardly and c' at an angle to the sideframe members, means for securing the rearwardly bent ends to a motorcar seat, the top of the shield when sosecuredbeingbelow the line ofvision of the motorman, and a fabric covermgthe frame.

2.v A- wind shield for railway motor cars 7 comprising two metallic sideframe members secured together at their ends by top and secured bottomrods and having their lower ends bent rearwardly and at an angle to theside t'ra me'members, means for securing the rearward-1y bentends to amotor car seat, the

top of the shield when so secured being'below the l1ne of vislon of themotorman, and a frame; I V

3. A Wind sh eld for railway motor cars fabric,.secured by stitching,covering the comprising two metallic side frame members together atthelr ends by top and bottom rods and having their lower ends bentrearwardly'and at an angle to the mole frame members, means for secur ngthe rearwardly bent ends'toa motor car seat, whereand the flap.

by the side inembers'will incline upwardly from and rearwardly'o'fthefront of the support, the top of the shield when so secured being belowthe line of vision of the motorman, and a fabric covering the frame.

4. A wind shield for railway motor cars comprising two metallic sideframe members secured together at their ends by top and bottom rodsand'having their lower ends bent rearwardly and at an angle to the sideframe members, means for secnringtherearwardlylbent ends to motorcarseat, whereby the side members will incline upwardly from andrearwardly of the front of the sup port, the top of theshield whensosecured being below the line of vision ofthemoton man, and a fabriccovering the frame, the

wardly bent ends to a motor car'seat, the top of the shield when sosecured being-below "the line of vision of the motorman, and a fabric,secured by stitching, covering the fra ne, and a slit in the fabricextending from one Gi'itllOYvEtlIlSfllQ middle and a flap sewed to onemargin of'theslit and means for removably fastening the other margin 6.A 'wind shield for railway motor cars, comprising a metal'frame, meansfor attaching the frame angularly with respect to the 'motor car seat, afabric screenon the frame, and cooperating means on the side framemembers and the top rod member for ad'ustin the latter with res ect tothe l v e former to vary theheight of=the screen.

In testimony,that l claim the foregoing as my invention I aflixmysignature this 27th'dav of January, 1926.

asser FREDERIC ween c

